BRITS React to GOLDEN GIRLS | Sophia Petrillo: The OG Comeback Queen 👑

[@brianlewis5692]

It was revealed in the early episodes that Sophia had previously suffered a stroke, and that is the reason why she has no control over what she says out loud. That makes it funny, because she can't help say what she thinks 😅😅

[@j.rileyindependentproductions]

I always believed that Sophia just used that as an excuse. Sure she had the stroke, and maybe had an issue for a bit, but in general, she's been faking so that she can get away with the insults.

[@memyselfandi522]

Great insults😂​@@j.rileyindependentproductions

[@Flickermaus]

@@j.rileyindependentproductions Same! I always felt like it was one of those things a doctor would say to explain a behaviour he thought was unusual/unbefitting of an older woman, and Sophia being Sophia would've just rolled with it. Given the nature of the show and how unconventional and before its time it was, that to me is the most satisfying answer haha

[@sisi11122]

She milked that stroke dry!

[@meritant8027]

Estelle Getty 1923-2008 Betty White 1922-2021 Bea Arthur 1922-2009 Rue McClanahan 1934-2010 Betty was the oldest

[@marcpower4167]

One I remember not shown here, Sophia and Dorothy are playing scrabble and they get into an argument: Dorothy: Ma, "dizdam" is not a word Sophia: Yes it is! Dorothy: Fine, use it in a sentence.. Sophia: You're no good at dizdam game!

[@polyprinz]

One of the best lines in the entire run of the show.

[@polyprinz]

One of my favorites was the use of "Lebanese" in one of the episodes where Dorothy's friend Jean comes to stay with them and falls in love with Rose. One of the funniest episodes, and use the term all the time with my lesbian friends.

[@josheldridge8546]

"Designing Women" was a show on a competing network that followed the same "four women snarking at each other" trope but they were all coworkers for an interior design firm in the southern us. The people who created one of the recent editions of Dungeons & Dragons said that they tried to write their rules around their idea of the perfect team: the golden girls.

[@brookeb4563]

a golden girls inspired dnd party would be amazing!

[@sejejo7565]

I remember being about 8 or 9 spending the night at my cousins house and walked in to his older brothers room and him and his friends were drinking and smoking weed and playing cards and watching the golden girls

[@L.U.-og5nd]

That'a awesome. Lol. I was @12 when it first came on air. Everybody loved it. Still do. It's my comfort show. And I found out it's also my BIL's too, a 6'4 ex-football player and now coach.😂

[@joels5150]

I recall a line from Sophia that didn’t show up here, it was something to the effect of, ‘when I was that age I had a butt you could bounce a quarter off of, now it would just get stuck in the wrinkles’ 😂

[@JJ-is6gn]

My favorite is “when life gets hard remember these sage words, you’re old, you sag, get over it, so what if you knew Jesus personally, wake up and smell the coffee you fossil” 😂😂😂

[@hakulives2613]

My favorite exchange involving Sophia has to be between her and Blanche: "My whole life is an open book!" "Your whole life is an open BLOUSE!"

[@jtg3765]

My favorite Sophia went something like, "Dorothy, this is the proudest I've been of you in 60 years. ...Can you believe it? Sixty-years and this is the proudest I've ever been of you."

[@vortiz3351]

“I am depressed; I need a cookie” lol

[@tawnyforest7932]

Estelle Getty (Sophia Petrillo) was NOT the youngest. I heard this as a kid at the time and it seems that myth is still going. Rue McClanahan (Blanche Devereaux) was the youngest. McClanahan was 10-11 years younger than the other three. Getty was younger than Bea Arthur (Dorothy Zbornak), who played her daughter. Betty White (Rose Nylund) was the oldest and slightly older than Arthur.. Sophia was only the mother of Dorothy, not the other two. Blanche was the owner of the house and the others rented rooms from her. They all grew into close friends. Sophia had suffered a stroke, which damaged the part of her brain that governs control, which is why she said whatever popped into her head.

[@nzarzecki]

Betty was actually older than Bea!

[@captainbryce1]

@@nzarzeckiTrue, but they were both born in the same year (1922), so for all intents and purposes they were the “same age”.

[@tawnyforest7932]

@@nzarzecki Corrected. I only saw the year.

[@82mmkay]

@@nzarzeckiBetty was younger than Bea. Estelle was the oldest by a few months and that was Bea. Betty was the 3rd youngest and Rue was youngest of the group.

[@21Piloteer]

​@@82mmkay Betty White was the oldest, followed by Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty, then Rue McClanahan.

[@lisahinkle3867]

They may insult each other but let someone outside the house try and hurt one of them and watch out! it is what made it all wonderful.

[@alexrodgers9247]

My fav line from Sophia was as they talked about drinking liquids too late and having to wake up in middle of the night to go pee. Sophia chimed in and said, “I don’t have that problem. I pee regularly at 7am, like clockwork! My only problem is I don’t wake up until 8am! She truly had the best lines of the whole cast! Plus, the days of real humor are gone. No one has humor anymore, always acting ENTITLED, hurt, and can NOT laugh at themselves.

[@nuavecmoi]

I love the comebacks between Dorthy and Sophia.

[@Mary-xc9dh]

the episode where they all go to the sperm bank, funniest episode out of that season.

[@HallsofAsgard96]

"she's always depended on the kindness of strangers" That line took me out

[@juliebrown2751]

Yes, Sophia Petrillo, played by Estelle Getty, had a stroke on the TV show "The Golden Girls." This backstory is revealed throughout the series. Sophia's sharp wit, sarcasm, and quick one-liners were a hallmark of her character. The stroke explained her: 1. Direct and often blunt speech 2. Memory loss and recall issues 3. Sudden, brief changes in thought or topic The show's creators used Sophia's stroke as a narrative device to: 1. Explain her forthright nature 2. Create comedic situations 3. Explore themes of aging and health Estelle Getty's portrayal of Sophia earned her multiple awards, including an Emmy and a Golden Globe.

[@sp72929]

GG litteraly made insults into an art form - incredibly inventive and hilarious but this is just one side of the show. They tackled problems in the show that were unheard of at than time in TV with great realism and sensitivity and they brand mark humor like homosexuality, memopause, losing a child.... big and small problems of older people and women especially - how they got some of this episodes past the censorship of the time is a mystery. It is funny as hell but at the same time it very often hits you hard. That is what makes it absolutely timeless.

[@michellelaguerre8760]

Golden girls was ahead of their time

[@larryfisher2633]

My wife's best friend of 46 years, text's "Good morning a--h---" every morning

[@JM-ee1ln]

“Blow it out your ditty bag”

[@tretre3892]

😂😂😂

[@GEMINI52398]

No Rue McClanahan who played Blanche Devereaux was the youngest.

[@Matt_4871]

I Binged all your Golden Girls reactions, brilliant show. I’m roughly Aiden’s age and watched it when I was young and found it funny and still do! 😂

[@clipsedrag13]

What an amazing show. Really miss those times

[@ariseaman390]

I made it to 5 minutes and 10 seconds. Then my cheeks started to hurt too much. That show was brilliant! 😂❤🎉

[@RaymondEdmonds]

Sophia played in a movie with Sylvester Stallone called stop or my mom will shoot

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

THAT WAS HER???

[@TheFunk79]

Haha. I love that y'all have taken such a liking to this epic show. It's so hilarious, it never gets old.

[@scottyh8494]

So good. I really liked the Golden Girls. They were great and very funny. They made a lot of people happy and laugh. They did their job.

[@polyprinz]

Rue McLanahan who plays Blanche was the youngest cast member, she was a decade younger than the other three. Betty White (Rose) and Beatrice Arthur (Dorothy) are the same age, Estelle Getty (Sophia) is a year younger.

[@jayeginn5963]

You're wrong on the ages, though. Not Sophia but Blanche was the youngest. The show ran from 1985-1992. Here are the actresses ages in real life: Sophia Petrillo (Dorothy's mom) - actress: Estelle Getty (Born: July 25, 1923 - Died: July 22, 2008 aged 84) Dorothy Zbornak (Sophia's daughter - actress: Bea Arthur (Born: May 13, 1922 - Died: April 25, 2009 aged 86) Blanche Devereaux - actress: Rue McClanahan (Born: February 21, 1934 - Died: June 3, 2010 aged 76) Rose Nylund - actress: Betty White (Born: January 17, 1922 - Died: December 31, 2021 just 17 days before her 100th birthday).

[@reganh5223]

Rue McClanahan, the actress who played Blanche, was the youngest by over a decade.

[@anthonyrandall3411]

Betty was the oldest cast member born in January 1922 Bea was born May 1922 Estelle was born July 1923 and Rue was born February 1934

[@kernow9324]

My mum was in her 80s when she had a stroke. She was being looked after in hospital by a handsome male nurse. When I went to visit her, she told me in a really loud voice how nice the nurse was. She'd forgotten his name, so kept referring to him as "the queer nurse". I was horrified. The stroke seemed to take away her filter. She didn't mean to be offensive. Old people eh? 🤔😀

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Legendary show, this and Martin are my favorite all time

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Married with Children too

[@WJones-jf8mf]

There’s so many shows with leads like this that followed. Toni Childs in girlfriends, Karen in Will and Grace, Pam from Martin. Take a look!

[@sarahfortune7760]

Actually, Blanche is the youngest out of all of them. Sophia was the 3rd oldest, she was born in 1923 and Blanche was born in 1934 while both Dorothy and Rose were born in 1922.

[@KrisThroughGlass]

I just googled their birth dates. Blanche was the youngest by over a decade. But Sophia was indeed a year younger than Dorothy and Sophia. I didn't know that. Interesting!

[@cblanerun]

How could Sophia be a year younger than Sophia?

[@petermalutin7407]

Gaynor is absolutely adorable.

[@KathyFranklin-l5e]

Sophie knew how to give a burn, one right after the other. Whenever I took a quiz as to which Golden Girl are you, I ALWAYS got Sophia. I felt so proud 🥲🦚😁.

[@SlouchingTowardsWalMart]

you might want to take a look at "it's always sunny in philadelphia" or "taxi." or anything with danny devito, actually, lol.

[@puffeiffer]

It’s a shame your son can’t appreciate what a gem this show was. I had a similar blind spot with All in the Family, when I was younger. The old’ish sets put me off, so I missed out on all the fantastic comedy writing. Now as an adult I recognize it’s brilliance. Youngsters are more visually-stimulated. To engage their ears, one must first engage their eyes.

[@VineVitumEt5]

I love "Golden Girls" and have watched the reruns since I was in middle school. Sophia is a blast! 🎉 Check out "Designing Women" with Dixie Carter, Delta Burke, Jean Smart, Annie Potts, and Meschach Taylor. It is funny, uplifting, and amazing in every way! ❤

[@NdxtremePro]

Mama's Family has a similar style of humor as well as Married with Children. But one that is like this with a group of women is Hot in Cleveland.

[@Oops-IMeantToDoThat]

Well, actually Estelle is @ 1 year younger than Net and Bea. Rue is actuator the youngest, 14 years younger than Bet and Bea. But, Estelle was actually the first to die, followed by Rue, Bea, and then Betty

[@luckyskittles8976]

Check out one about Rose's St. Olaf stories.

[@am74343]

Genürkenflürken cake!

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

No reaction is a reaction. I respect it.

[@20thanasi]

Great reacting couple🎉🎉🎉

[@BluesImprov]

Guys. . .It's NOT when you get "older" that you express yourself more freely. . .It's when you get "WISER" and quit playing the "game." You realize how stupid the "game" really is!

[@MetFan37]

The premise was that Sophia had a stroke and it destroyed the part of her brain that censors things. They explained that in the pilot episode.

[@jen6879]

She’s the second youngest. Rue (Blanche is the youngest). Love my girls ❤

[@bcbritt777]

The actress who played sophia wasn't the youngest, that was blanche

[@karlthomas3374]

NOTHING even close to this level of humour, wit, innuendo and heart these days. What has happened?

[@scottmorris3045]

Estelle Getty was 2nd youngest. Rue was youngest actress on the show.

[@Bradleehage]

The golden girls first episode was in 1985 The last episode was in 1992.

[@adrianteav]

It's funny how the world thinks of people "you can't say that" but yet it happens...repeatedly.

[@FutureNotBright2025]

You want to find funny offensive sitcoms, check out "All In the Family" or "The Jeffersons". You'd love clips from those shows, especially the lead character in the first one, Archie Bunker. They were hits in the 70's . Or even "Sanford and Son". I think I saw you react to Sanford on the Office Blokes once. Speaking of the Blokes, I have a story for you. My daughter and I went out to eat a few days ago, here in Kentucky. We knew our server wasn't American but she was so soft spoken that it was difficult (for me) to figure out from where she may be and I'm usually very good at accents. I thought she might've had a speech impediment because she was so very soft spoken and seemed a little shy too. My daughter nailed it immediately, saying "She's British Mommm!" When we were settling the check, I politely asked her if she was British. Her eyes lit up, she grinned and said yes. I went through the whole spiel that Brits say they hear all the time about Americans loving to hear them talk for hours. I told her I follow several Brits on here. She asked who and of course, put on the spot, I drew a complete blank. I told her the OB's and she said she had never heard of you guys. (Sorry! Don't shoot the messenger! 😂). She asked who else and the Beasleys were the only other name that popped in my head. Her eyes lit up again and she knew all about their channel. To be fair though, she was quite young, around their ages. She was one of the most genuinely soft, humble, sweet, pleasant people I've encountered in awhile. Totally unlike the Blokes! Just kidding about the Blokes but she was definitely all of those things. She got a good tip. I didn't ask but I'm assuming she may be a student at the local university, given her apparent age. So I just thought I'd share that and maybe she'll check out your channels now. 😊

[@anthonyrandall3411]

Estelle Getty, who plays Sophia is not the youngest in fact, three of the main cast members were all born in 1922 and 1923 so Getty is actually younger than Betty White and Bea Arthur the youngest cast member is Rue McClanahan she was born in 1934

[@tampaflbeastforlife]

i was waiting for this video lol

[@RiaVersteeg]

Great time when you could still make a remark and everybody did not have a melt down and was insulted!

[@nrrork]

You should watch a few full episodes. Maybe not on KZbin, but just to enjoy. People forget that these shows were episodic. It's not like Breaking Bad where watching it becomes a 50-hour commitment. Once you know the premise of the show, you can just pluck any random episode and enjoy it. Something TV sorely needs back, in my opinion. I think that's part of the reason shows like thid are so big on streaming. Our entertainment is too bloated. Our movies are part of these cinematoc universes with a dozen or more films, TV shows are these serialized, padded slogs, video games are front-loaded with hours of tutorials and hand-holding. And it makes them all way more expensive to make, and bloats the production time. And they become more risk-averse because a lot more money is on the line. But sitcoms were _cheap!_ the biggest expense was usually cast member salaries. But that was more for shows that are already huge hits so the cast members have the clout to ask for more, and because the show is profitable enough to afford it.

[@thesaltnation5570]

More golden girls! ❤❤🎉

[@toebeans3985]

Blanche negotiated in her contract to keep her wardrobe from the show.

[@geraldklein2248]

Big deal, I took a whole placeset - NOT NOW MAAAA ;-)

[@manxkin]

The actress who played Sophia (Estelle Getty) was actually a year young than the actress who played her daughter Dorothy (Bea Arthur).

[@CarlosRivera-ri8zj]

Enjoy watching you guys my kind of sense of humor. I don't know if you guy's ever watched Debbie Downer SNL at Disney World. I'm sure you'll find it very funny 😂

[@destinyreelly2974]

Aidan will love this in 20 years. We all know it. 😂😂😂

[@Reedy57]

I hate to tell you, but there are people like me.That still talk like that only to our best friends close friends or family. We've known each other all our lives. If anyone else spoke to us in such a way there would be a fight.Lol if you heard my brother and I you would die. And we mean it most of the time. Lol But we are also each other's greatest supporter . We are close.

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Watch ALL IN THE FAMILY

[@brycetomecek5065]

Sophia is straight-up gangster.

[@nrrork]

If you like Sophia, you should react to some compilations of Frank from Everybody Loves Raymond. He's pretty much the male version of Sophia. Although Marie was really funny on that show, too. The parents were the funniest characters by a mile.

[@beanbag8148]

actually, rue was the youngest out of them all, not estelle

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

Getty was the first to die.White was the final one

[@frisc0pn0ib0i]

Actually Sophia was not the youngest it was Blanche

[@honinakecheta601]

Girl she was NOT the youngest, she was like, 80 😂

[@mjhicks123]

You should check out DESIGNING WOMEN which Sophia compared the Southern accent of Blanche.

[@MallekEC]

Estelle was not the youngest. Rhue was. Estelle was second youngest.

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

The gray hair was a wig.

[@jeremybilbrey1133]

I heard that Estelle always had a hard time with her lines...she was amazing though.

[@pearlady22]

You guys should watch All in the Family. That show had a lot of offensive comedy.

[@AndrewSmith-qw5kt]

Wheres Aiden?

[@micahpocket]

start reacting to full episodes 😊

[@officeblokedaz]

They’d get blocked instantly 😂

[@lamontwilliams4172]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 classic

[@retired4365]

One of the last good comedy writers were on this show and not stopped by the networks. 😂❤

[@Jezidka]

Lil' SAVAGE

[@annemariemcnamara8756]

No when you’re older, you just don’t care about holding back. You say it like it is, people nowadays are way to fragile and/or triggered. I prefer people to be honest, we don’t have lots of that recently so when you watch these shows you see how different things were then. This show was edgy then but people loved it

[@simonseville1037]

She is not the youngest one. Blanche was the youngest one in real life.

[@EarthAngel504]

This was 1 of the best shows i can remember. However, a show like this would never be aired in this day and age. Or if it did, it wouldn't survive long, with the epidemic of snow flakes around; looking to be offended by every little thing. I'm pretty sure the writers, directors and producers would be accused of being misogynistic, and using the show to "attack" and "degrade" women. Or some other nonsense.

[@michaelnelson1128]

Nah Estelle Getty wasn't the youngest of all them actress Rue McClanahan who played Blanche was the youngest

[@kevinriley6320]

Also the chapter of Sophia had a stroke where it affected her brain & she said whatever. She couldn't help.it.

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

Designing Women fyi was another sitcom about a group of women but not as good imo

[@Marchant2]

I don't have a problem when comedies offend people. It's done for laughter not to literally insult. I find there are some who think if you frown on the offensive stuff that you're also frowning on the funny stuff. You're not. Know the difference (I'm not talking to the makers of this reaction video; I'm talking to people who want to smear people without any blowback)

[@casscap]

With Golden Girls they threaded that needle perfectly. They used humor to life each other up as well but it doesn’t make for great sound bites

[@ce3586]

Know the whole series verbatim. Manybof these are intentionally taken out of context for views.

[@brandonaston301]

I find it annoying Aidan started with a bad video gor this show instead of this video which is way better.

[@roseandstem8054]

He would of found something to bitch about regardless

[@roseandstem8054]

He would have found something to complain about regardless

[@ericrivera8410]

My brush feiend and I watched the golden girls all the time we were his age at the time he introduced me to British humor as well

[@valentine_puppy]

What does that tell you though? That people are soft and weak and dumb. Most of the time older people have it right. Just deal with it and enjoy it and grow up and stop being babies. Seriously.

[@CarinSomers]

who decides you cant say certain words ??? Time we stop this sensitive nonsense. If you feel hurt or offended it is your problem, dont be so sensitive , to much time on their hands to think and worry about unimportant things. Develop a thick skin for god sakes

[@SherrieMonica]

Never liked married with children didn't think it was funny

[@Barbara_Schulz]

Sophia was the youngest of the four

[@IMB322]

I live the Golden Girls I still watch the re runs

[@lottietucker3082]

It's, Betty White, Bea Arthur, Estelle Getty and Then Rue McClanihan in terms of age range.

[@anthonyrandall3411]

Estelle Getty, who plays Sophia is not the youngest in fact, three of the main cast members were all born in 1922 and 1923 so Getty is actually younger than Betty White and Bea Arthur the youngest cast member is Rue McClanahan she was born in 1934